#Thrombocytopenia

CHEST Critical Care NetWork

CHESTCritCare

Let's start with #thrombocytopenia in the ICU #chestcritcare #thrombocytopenia is very common in the ICU, with 67% patients having it at admission to ICU and about 46% patients developing it

Lisa Soto

lisarenee_RN

1/Why is the Platelet Count Low? Should I be Concerned About #Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)?https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428184/ 2/Given the potential for morbidity and mortality HIT should always be considered in

Shematologist, MD

acweyand

New case report just published in the American Journal of Hematology of severe thrombocytopenia within days following #COVID19 vaccination. A https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajh.261061/n The history is very similar to the report

Ann Marie Kumfer

AnnKumfer

#MedTwitter A patient is admitted to the hospital with sepsis. You are ordering DVT prophylaxis. CrCl is 60 ml/min and BMI 43. What do you start as prophylaxis? 2/In this

Shematologist, MD

acweyand

A physician died of severe thrombocytopenia (low platelets) a few weeks after #COVID19 vaccineHis death is currently being investigated and is not currently thought to be 2/2 the vaccine. A

Samantha

Trump4everR1

So let’s take an in-depth look at all these symptoms then look at what the actual covid symptoms are.... KNOW THE RISK!

Walter M Chesnut

Parsifaler

1) RETWEET!!!!!! THE SPIKE PROTEIN OF SARS-CoV-2 IS A "SUPERALLERGEN"!!!!!!! WE ARE "ALLERGIC" TO IT!!!The curious case of MIS-C brings an important concept to mind. Children that present with MIS-C,

Karl

Karl03852883

Celiac Disease Presenting with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpurahttps://www.hindawi.com/journals/crihem/2017/6341321//* Branching from transglutaminase 2 autoantibodies */ Platelet Toll-like receptor expression modulates lipopolysaccharide-in

Anand Patel

Anand_88_Patel

Starting a two-week block of heme-onc consults today! Given that many interns may be calling their first heme-consult in the coming days, I figured it would be helpful to share

Nicholas Morris

namorrismd

Nice study on Thrombocytopenia and Clinical Outcomes in Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Helps further delineate risks for poor outcome after ICH among patients on antiplatelet agents.https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.0314

Walter M Chesnut

Parsifaler

1) FURTHER REFINEMENT: Thank you for bearing with me. This is difficult.HUMAN ACETYLCHOLINE DEFICIENCY DISEASESARS-CoV-2 induces a progressive (fatal?) autoimmune disease which destroys Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. The disease is indu

Bloodman

Bloodman

1/n Everybody seems to be very opinionated about thromboelastography! Here is how I view it and what I use it for……. 2/13 2/n TEG is a point of care test

Marion Holman

holmanm

1/23 Thoughts on Covid Vaccine: First of all, up until this point there has never been a successful vaccine for coronaviruses in humans, due to a problem typical of coronavirus

Jonathan Berry

jlberrymd

1/ Day 3 of #Heme #ConsultTweets -- Smear day!Called to see a patient with jaundice, LFTs, fatigue, anemia, and RBC inclusions on an outside smear, no smear yet available here.Being

Point🤓Care

LJohnsdorf

Eine Übersicht [Thread] dazu, was wirklich dazu geführt hat, das Impfungen mit #AstraZeneca vorrübergehend ausgesetzt werden. Man liest in den Medien immer wieder, dass das Auftreten von Thrombosen der Grund

Alex Haagaard (they/them)

alexhaagaard

Oh hey, apparently today is Mastocytosis & Mast Cell Diseases Awareness Day, which I was uhh...not aware of til just now.So I guess I’m going to thread a bit about

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